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SIXTEEN PAGES TODAY.
RALEIGH, N. C, THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 17, 191&
' SIXTEEN PAGES TODAY.
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Too Drastic Provisions, If
. Adopted in Dry Law Enforce
: ment. May Cause Revul
sion Over The Country
PRESIDENTIAL VETO IS
NOT IMPROBABLE IF THE
EXTREMISTS GO TOO FAR
Congressman, Pout Holds Up
. Picture of . Fanners'. Wife
Being Arrested Tor Making
Quart of Blackberry Wine at
Home For Use in Her Own
Family; Other Extreme Pro
.. visions Which Radicals Were
Preparing To-Write Into The
Bill and Which Provoked
t The Warning
(By The Associated Proas.)
Washington, July 16. Conservative
member! of the prohibition faction in
the Houm set out today to curb what
they described as radical attempt! to
- ' rnait the pen-ling enforcement bill to
drastic that it might ereaU at revulsion
ef feeling throughout the country on
, th whole question of liquor drinking.
V; ( Warning waa given by tho enservs
,', tires that if the radical element went
, too far and added other severe restrie
tlons they would be certain to invite
defeat in the Senate and possibly And
" all of their work thrown out by a Presi
dential veto. The need of wise eour-cl
was pointed out by the conservative
' prohibitionists in view of the published
" announcement that Representative Mor
gan, Republican, of Oklahoma, and a
member of the Judiciary committee, had
given notice that he would endeavor to
make, it a violation ol uw inr a man
to keep a jug of liquor in his own home
for hij own use.
Liable to Arresl.
Word was spread durirg the day that
other prohibitionists were preparing to
; write into Jhe bill a provision, stricken
L'l ;out bv the committee, which would pre-
Wbit a fcan'o "using any iHtUi Uquor
Wraight .bappf a-vto 1K.VO around, the
bowse, tinder the Wfl noV "before tha
, Hens tt i extremely doubtful a mem
' bee of the Judiciary committee aald to
day, whether a person eouiu give a anna
. of whisker to a friend at hie own
ft reside without running the risk of
mat.
: - Pen and the Farmer's Wife a Black
berry Juice.
There were many informal confer
! encei at which some of the drastle pro
visions of the bill, as pointed out ry
Representative Pou, Democrat, of North
" Carolina, and pionw prohibitionist,
were ealled up like a bar-room ghost
to keep the radicals from going too
v far. The farmers' wife, who makes
mart of blackberry wine at home for
we in her own family, Mr. Pou aald,
could be prosecuted and sent to jail.
The farmer'a home where a little eider
la made for the family would be nui
sance under the law, according to Mr.
Pou. who declared that Russia in the
days of the Ciar's highest power never
Biade a law that wai so lar rescuing.
t A boat "Meonshlae.'
Members from some of the Southern
States were questioned by Eastern and
Wmim rcDrescntativet as t the vol
ant of liquor turned out by mountain
distilleries and known ' "moonshine."
V" - This was a question on which they were
. unable to give first hand information.
V,. Pon told tho House the Other day
that in down States that have al-
nnrlv adopted prohibition there are in
operation more illicit stills than there
ever were saloons at any time in the
- ' history of these States. Thia was the
. wtew of other members, who. said also
' .: that it would require a small army to
, break up the traffic entirely. .
Mar Defeat Fetur Amendments.
: But while some of the radicals ex
, press confidence that they will be able
"'-' to amend the bill so as to moke it even
more drastle than the committee at
v tumnted. Chirman Volahead told mem
1 bers today he was satisfied that Jt would
: go through now as suDstanuauy arnwn
' It his stood no under the attack ol
v antl-prohlbltionlstai who have failed to
.:..'.. eliminate a single section, ana air. voi-
atnail believes those who are bent on
making it atill more drastle will yield
,1 to cooler beads who insist It should be
45 pasted i its present form.
May Be a Pause.
Indications tonight were that eon
',"" 'siderstion of the measure would not
' . be resumed tomorrow.
V "Unlets set aside by a special rule
the House could take up this bill to
MArrnv and reach a Tote Saturday,"
said Representative Igoe, Democrat, of
Missouri, in charge of the minority
ght against it. This prediction was
. based, however, on the assumption that
' the radical element would not attempt
A' finally to force through added reitriC'
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Palmer lays Law -Is Enforced.
' '. Washington, July 16, Prohibitioa
" being enforced effectively throughout
fh United States. Attorney General
' "Pilmer- said' todsy. Sale of "hard'
Honor, such as whisky, gia and brandy,
virtually hae Ceased, be astertrd except
,'br scattering notations of the law,
'Manufacture and sale of beer also
prohibited except in communities where
I the courts have ruled against the eon-
tentioa of the Department of Justice
drinks are
juris
Instituted
pholds
I Lie known that
K to
i V v-that t.n per cent alcoholic
- V. j- !4den by law and in those
AMfrfrojceutioM will be
t XjBpurVfinally
DEFEAT OF BILL
CHIEF JUSTICE U. S.
TO HELP TRY KAISER
TO HELP TRY KAISER Latest re
ports indicate that Chief Justice Ed
ward Douglass White, of Supreme
Court of U. 8., is to be America's
Representative ct trial of Kaiser Wil
helm in London. There will be five
judges, representing U.' 8, England,
France, Italy and Japan, it is ex
plained.
(C) Underwood ft Underwood.
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TO TEST DRY LAV
Vr
ormer Texas Senator May
Join Atty.-Gen. of Rhode Is
land in Makina Case
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(B The Associated Prm)
Chicago, Ju)r lflr-'AanouiJcenicuts of
the appointment of Jos, W. BalJey," of
Washington, formor United States sen
ator from Texas, as ehitf. counsel to
conduct an early fight igainr the pro
hibition constitutional amendment and
of th - intention to oppose for reelection
every State legislature who voted to
ratify the .amendment. wi made t
day from the Western headquarters of
the association opposed te national
prohibition.
"It-is- just possible that Senator
Bailey may decile to join forrea with
the attorney general of the State of
Rhode Island, said a statement issued
by Jamet Arthur Scavey, managing di
rector of the association, who departed
for New York after sorcral days of
conferences with Middle Western men,
It referred to the Rhode Island legisla
ture resolution directing the attorney
general to test the Validity of the
amendment in the Bupreme court.
IRISH SOLDIERS WILL
NOT MARCH IN PARADE
Were Expected To Da So, But
Changed Their Minds;
Reason Why
(By The Associated Press.)
Dublin, July !. The Irish Nation
alist Association, composed largely of
followers of the Into John Redmond,
who fought during tho war, decide
today that its members would not
marc; in the Victory parade in L6a
don on Saturday.
It had been announced officially that
they would participate in the celebr
tlon, and many had given their names
promising attendance.
The change of attitude, it was said,
was made known after Viscount French
lord-lieutenant of Ireland, said in
telegram to Colonel Winston 8pcncer
that he (Viscount Trench), would tske
the salute along with members of the
Irish government and, other officials,
la reviewing the parade.
ORDER PREVENTING THE
IMPORTATION OF WHEAT
OR ITS PRODUCTS SIGNED
(By The Associated Press.)
Washington, Jflly HU-President Wil
son today signed an executive order in
creasing the guaranteed price of the
1919 wheat crop to 12 JO per bushel at
Galveston and New Orleans. ; i
At the same time a presidential pro
clamation waa Issued, declaring that in
order "to protect the United States
against undue enhancement of Its lia
bilities' under the law guaranteeing
wheat prices that en and after Jnly 1
no wheat or wheat flour should be Im
ported into or exported from th Uni
ted States, except ander prescribed
limitations to be axed by wheat admia
lstrator Jjnliut H. Barnes. , ' t
REPUBLIC PROCLAIMED
t ' W OCCUPIED GERMANY,
;.. Coblenx, July lfw-(By The Associated
Press.) A republic has been proclaimed
ia Blrkenfeld, in tha allied area ef oc
cupation. A provisional government was
formed Monday and complete aeparatioa
from Oldenburg proclaimed.---....
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LSON INVITES
TS
Takes More Direct Course and
Asks Them To Call at The
White House
SEEKS CONFERENCE
WITH REPUBLICANS
today , a Series Of Personal
Talks With Republican Lead
era Begin at White House;
Effort To Diminish Opposi
tion To Treaty; Senators
Reserve Opinions
(By The Associated Press.)
Waahingtoa, July 14. In an aggres
sive effort to diminish Senate oppose
tion to the treaty wjth Germany Presi
dent Wilson will begin at the. White
House tomorrow a series of personal
talks with Republican Senators.
, With his reiterated offer to consult
with the Foreign Relations committee
unaccepted, aad with nil opponent! on
the Republican-side evidencing no pur
pose to seek hit counsel, the President
decided today to adopt the more direct
method of inviting Kepubucan mem
bers to the White House and laying be
fore them one after another hii rea
tons for asking that the treaty be
ratified.
To See IS This Week.
A half doxen Sonators whose names
were withheld were asked to meet the
President tomorrow aad it. was indi
eated that the invitations would be I
daily feature until Mr. Wilson had seen
most of the Republican membership of
the treaty ratifying body. During the
day he selected fifteen whom he do-
sires to see this week.
The President's letter of invitation,
sent out by mail lute in the i'"y, had ot
been delivered tonight and there was
much speculation as to the choices he
had made for tomorrow's conference. In
some quarters it was thought likely he
had invited Chairman Lodge nnd other
members of the Foreign nelations com
mittee, but it also was suggested that
he may have chosen to talk first with
Senators who are inclined to be friendly
to the treaty and have taken no definite
stand regarding it.
Senators Reserve Cemnsent.
Pending receipt of the invitations,
Senators reserved their opinions us to
the move, although Republics leaders
opposing the treaty la its present form
did not hesitate to predict that we
Wfcit fiauce taJU- woaid tatt-to ieesea
the cvpositiea to uarc served ratiDti
tioa. Democratic Senators supporting
the .President, however, declared his
tours undoubtedly meant that be had
toaviaeiat arguments to oner.
Those ia the Presidents eouBdeuce
indicated that the burden of his appeal
to the Republican 8caators would eon
era the League of Nations and the
Shantung settlement, the two provisions
which have arousec greatest criticism
ia the Senate. It was predicted that
he would tell hie callers to complete de
tails of the negotiations on those points
sad on sny others that might be brought
into question.
Te Consider Shantung Prarlalon.
That it might be ia n better situa
tion to consider the Shaatung provision
the foreign relatione committee agreed
today to ask the State Department for
topics of all available treaties bearing
on Japanese and German interests
China. Ia its preliminary reading
the Versailles treaty, however, the com
suttee passed over entirely that part
of tha treaty affecting any other for
mer poteestisos of Germany, reserving
the whole subject for future discus-
lion. '
Shantung will be the subject of more
discussion tomorrow in the Senate. Sen
ator Sbermn, Republican, of Dlinois,
having announced he mould speak
against acceptance of the treaty pro
vision giving sontrol of the peninsular
to Japan, In thia connection Senator
Borah, Republican, of Idaho, may call
np bia resolution, asking for a letter
tald .to have been written by General
Bliss. Bcerstary Lansing nnd Henry
White, protesting against the 8hantung
agreement. The resolution which also
asks whether the Chinese delegates were
"intimidated'! by the Japanese, it ex
pected to arouse bitter opposition.
vLafsliette's Resolatioa.
The resolution of Senator LnFollette,
Republics!, of Wisconsin, nsking why
Costa Rica "wis not permitted'' to sign
the penee tresty, also is to be ealled up,
with its adoption without serious op
position predicted by its supporters.
Darins the day Senator Colt, Republi
can, of Rhode Island, expects to make
a ipeech declaring for tha first time
hi position on the league of nations.
The Senate was not in session today.
In itt reading todsy, the committee
made slow progress, sad it wss pre
dicted that with daily meetings, the
whole text will not be covered the first
time before the end of the Week. Still
to be read are th financial, economic
and" labor sections, regarded by com
mittee members as the most intricate
of all.
During the day President Wilson mw
two Democratic members of the com
mittee, Senators Swanion, of Virginia,
and Pomerene, of Ohio, nnd talked
over the Senate situation with them.
Itt waa understood be reiterated his
opposition to any reservation in rati
Section of tha treaty. ;
riCNSHAW SENT TO HOSPITAL!
FOR THE CRIMINAL IN SAM
Charlotteiville, Va- July IS.-. Deb
aey Crenshaw, of Biehmoad, charged
with the. burning in January, 1917, of
th chemical laboratory University of
Virginia, was todny committed by Judge
Piah burns in Circuit Court htty to the
Marion Institute for the Criminal In
sane fo observation aad treatment
Judge f irtbwraV - action- followed a
statement by Commonwealth's Attorney
Duke thst considering three previous
trials f (the chemistry studeat had re
sulted ia hang juries, there was little
hop pf another trial being successful.
OPH
MARINE CORPS WILL PLACE
THIS STATUE IN ART GALLERY
AT THE NATIONAL CAPITAL
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"Crusading for Right." a statue of a United States Marine
by Raphael Peyre, noted French
purchased by popular subscription of the officers and enlisted
men of the Marine Corps and it
country and installed in the
Washington.
Opponents of Present Act De
cide To Act Again On Pres-
h . idenn. Vrta" '
WILL BE TAKEN UP t6DAY
BY THtvTOMITJpES
Both Committee On Bnles and
Agriculture Beady To Act;
Senate Will Betain .The
"Eider" in New Agricultural
Bill; Bepublicana Predict
Democratio Aid
(By the Associated Press.) ,
Washington, July It. Bepublieaa
leaden of the Bouse, supported by
party leaders in the Senate, agreed to
day to attempt the repasscge of the
sericulture appropriatioa bill with its
daylight saving repeal rider, despite
the President'e veto. Provisions of the
dnylight saving law authorising the In
terstate Commerce Commission to Ci
standard time cones, however, would
not ! discarded under the proposal
In line with this deeiiion, mide by
the Republican legislative steering
committee, and after assurances bad
been obtained that the rules committee
would authorize the daylight saving re
peal being incorporated J' tha appro
priatioa bill, Chairmaa Pangea, of the
House Agriculture Committee Into to
day reintroduced the agriculture bill
House Republican leaders, although
doubting that the remodeled measure
with the repeal provision would meet ob
joctions of President Wilson said that
many Democratic members would Join
with a majority of the Republicans in
passing the new measure. Chairmaa
Oronna aad other members of tha Ben
ate Agricultural Committee, tbey aald,
had Insisted on incorporation of tho re
peal provision, threatening to hold Up
early pusage of the bill without the
repeal section. Tor this reason, they
ssscrtcd, no other course of action wo I
open.
Committees Meet Today.
Although the Hons Agriculture Com
mittee had dee Mr 3 not to act on a new
bill until Fridaffs later decision by
Chairman Haugen revoked thia agree
meat and ths committee wss called te
meet tomorrow.
Chairman Campbell of the Eulcs
Committee hUo annonneed that his
committee would be in cession then
ready to consider the daylight repeal
seetioa, if requested by egrieulturt
committeemen. Coniideration of the
agricultural bill oa th floor of th
Bouse probably will begin Friday.
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GOVERNOR BICKETT TO
a TALK BT WIRELESS TO
- CABP BRACG AVIATOR
stocking, JarirylL Command
Ing Officer Andersen; of Pp Field,
wire tonight that aeroplane fer
celebration here Pride will be
snipped "I wire Ims telephone
and vk centre! asparataa. The
pilot will talk !!! Cwfrnet BlflttL
ever wirei ba lor Brat time in
history f State. Twedty theasaad
epic ar expected Friday. Gov
rner Blckett aad Colonels Minor and
Scvtt will ft speakers, - '
ANOTHER VOTE ON
THE DAYLGHT M
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sculptor. This statue has been
will soon be brought to this
Corcoran Art Gallery at
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TIES UP TRAFFIC
Conferences Between S. S. As
sociation and Union Lead
ert-Futile -
J. S. BOARD ABANDONS
EFFORT TO OPERATE
Freight Congestion in Hew
York Port Bapidly Increas
in;; 400 Vessels Tied Up
Another Meeting Today Will
Continue Effort To Effect
Compromise
(By The Assoeiatod Press.)
New York, July 16. After severs!
futile cop fe rentes with representatives
of th American steamship association
and union leaders, the United States
shipping board decided today to
abandon any attempt to operate the
ships undsr its eontrol until some set
tlement could be reached with the strik-
ng seamen, firemen and engineers. The
freight congestion in . this port is
rapidly ineresiing and the union lend
ers claim that at least 400 vessels are
tied up.
Representatives of the shipping board
and ths steamship association will aieet
again in Washington tomorrow to make
one mora attempt at formulating con
ditions which will be acceptable to the
strikers. Ths Fsdersl officers uiso will
confer with Win. 8. Brown, president
of the Marina Engineers Union. Mr.
Brown expresses the opinion that a set
tlement with tkl engineers would be
msde soon, ai most of their demands
slresdy have been met.
If I. S. Ccmpsnlee Not Affected.
Ia. the meantime, strike leaders
claim that lftn steamship com
panies, no) affiliated with the Ameri
can.' (Steamship Association, have signed
agreements conceding in full th de
mands of the ; strikers. They Insist
that they win maintain the struggle
under slmilsr agreementi made by the
hipping board and the steamship as
sociation nnd arc endeavoring to oh.-.
tain the supiort of the longshoremen'
union, Jhe leaders of which sro at
tending a national convention in session
at Galveston, t
N Disorder Wedneeday.
There wae no renewal today of the
disorder which occurred along the water
front last night when hundreds of
striker attempted to force off ships
men who bad refuted to join their
ranks. Representatives of the steam
ship companies said that if serious
trouble developed Governor Smith
would bo asked to send Htato. troops
to protect the piers and terminals. In
ths meantime the police in the water
front district were hesvlly reinforced.
Shipping Board Appeala for Volunteers.
The United States Shipping Board
issued an appeal tonight for volunteers
to man six ships to convey milch eat-'
tie aad railway ears to France under a
contract between the French and Ame
rican government. Three of the ships
ar at Norfolk and three at this port,
ths crew of all six having Joined ths
strikers.
Hoaor ef . Government Is Involved."
Thff "ippeai "saytlratr -the-honor -f
ths government is Involve! and tha na
tional needs of Franc affected. ,
Volunteer are offered tea per cent
lnereas ia pay which was offered th
itrikers aad rejected. , .
SEAM
ENS
II
EORGANIZATION OF
NATIONAL GUARD
Final Plans Were Approved By
secretary of war Baker
Yesterday
BASIS OF 16 DIVISIONS;
47 INFANTRY REGIMENTS
To Be Organized On Basis of
65 Men To The Company of
Infantry; Appropriation Bin
Provisions and Other De
tails; Chief of Militia Affairs
Sends Out Notices
(By The Associated Press.) v
Washington, July 16. Pinal plans
for the reorganization of tho National
Guard on the sixteen-division basis.
with divisional areas followinj the same
limits as did those from which guard
divisions were organised for service
against Germany, wore approved today
by Beeretary linker.
Major General Jesse Mcl. Carter,
chief of the Bureau of Militia Affairs,
immediately sent notifications to the
various adjutant generals of the units
allotted to their Htatcs and of the
rendiiiess of the Federal government to
extend recognition after the required
inspection had been made.
Organisation Table Provisions.
The organisation table announced to
day provides for forty-seven regiments
sua eighteen battalions of infantry;
six regiments, seventeen squsdrons and
nineteen troops of eavalryj ten regi
ments, twenty battalions and seven bat'
teries of field artillery, and seventy
four coast artillery companies with ad
aitional forces of engineers, sanitary
ana signal corps.
A maximum expansion to about 440..
000 men or 800 per Rcnator and Con
gressman is provided for but the units
for the time being ere to bo organized
on the basis of sixty-five men per
company of infantry.
Appropriations for tho national guard
for the fiscal year 1020 permit only the
organiaatioa of the guard oa the basis
of 200 men for eaeh Senator and Rep
resentative, giving an aggregate
strength of about 106,000.
SOUTH TO FURNISH ONE-THIRD
OF NATIOINAL GUARD.
States eaht of the Mississippi river and
th State of Texai, Missouri, Oklahor
ma, and Arkansas will b remitted to
furnish approximately one-third of the
national guard strength df the nation
under reorganisation plans approved
today by Beeretary Baker.
17 Rstiments, I Battalions,
Southern states are authorixeoria let
ters of notification ssnt out today by
MaJ .Gen. Jesse Mcl. Carter, chief of
ths buresu of Military Affairs, to the
respective State adjutant generals to
form 17 regiments snd 3 battalions of
infantry, out of n total of 47 regiments
and IS battalions of that service arm
eontempUted in the entire nstinu.
Southern States, especially those slong
the Atlantic eosit, alio are heavily rep
resented in the eoaat artillery branch.
The basil used in assigning the na
tional guard divisions was thst of 100
men for esch senator and representa
tive, giving the national guard strength
of about 440,000 men. Available, ap
propriations, however, will permit a
strength of only about 106,000 during
1020 or on a basis of 00 men for ssch
Senator.
Of the Southern States, Texas wus un
signed the largest number of units, ii
regiments of cavalry, three regimeut
of infantry and one Hold artillery rcgi
ment. The authority given Texss
10
organise six regiment of eavalry was. w R Whu nwml J
regarded as significant In view of the (the Anti-Saloon League, declared today .
constant mennre of armed rains from i iu. . (L.... j-ji.:.. ...w-.- .
across the Mexiran border.
North Carolina Cornea Second.
North Carolina and Georgia will rank
next to Texas among the Southern
States in armed guard Strength.
New York due to its preponderance
of population will lead tha nation in
armed guard personnel with twelve
companies of coast artillery, four regi
ment of infantry and one regiment
and a large number auxiliary troops.
Pennsylvania ranks second in the na
tion. The letters sent to the 8ate Adjutant
Generals authorize them to proceed
with the organization of the units as
signed Immediately. Recognition will
he given by the war department as soon
I inspections show 'the units qualified
to receive federal support.
The Assignments.
The assignments to the Southern
States follow:
Arkansas: 1 regiment Infantry, 1
battalion engineers, 1 smhulaneo com
pany. Florida: S companies, const artil-'
lery; 2 battalion infantry; 1 machine
gun company. ,
Georgia; 4 companies rnnit artillery;
1 regiment and 1 battalion infantry;
1 squadron cavalry; 1 battalion field
artillery; 1 company engineers; 1 field
hospltat edmpnny. - '
Kentucky: 1 regiment and 1 battal
ion infantry; 1 squadron cavalry; 1
maehlno gun troop; 1 battalion field
artillery; 1 field hospital company; 1
ambulance company.
Louisiana: 1 regiment infantry; 1
battalion field artillery; 1 signal com
pany (wire); 1 field hospital company.
Maryland: 1 regiment infantry; 2
batteries field artillery; 1 field hospitsl
company.
Mississippi: 1 regiment infantry; 1
battalion field artillery; 8 troop car-
North Carolina t 4 companies coast
artillery; 1 regiment Infantry: 3 troops
cavalry; 1 battalion field artillery; 1
(Ceatlaaed n Pag Tw.)
IIUII
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Citations of Increased Crimi
nality Because of Prohlbl-
tton Are Unfounded
congressmTnIrinson IS
GOING TO ADVOCATE BILL
Same Arguments Now Being
Made in Congress As Have
Already Been. Threshed On
in Prohibition Campaigns,
Says Wheeler; Qeveral Sen
ators Call On Wilson ;
The New and Observer Buread, -603
District National Bank Bldg.
By FRANK TV. LEWIS . , "J
(By Special Leased Wire.)
Washington. D. C.July 16, Ukd
they did In the varioui 8tates which
have enacted prohibition laws th n
ponents of these measures have la
Congress charged increased criminality
to prohibition. The crime of boot
leggers and tho numerous offenses coat
mltted by those who ar defying th
prohibition laws ar charged by tha
frienda of th liquor traffic to prohibi
tion. Representative Kahu, of Cali
fornia, undertook to enow from th
court record that there is mora erim
In Washington now, under th opera
tion of the prohibitioa laws, thsa thee
was under the old license law when
there were three hundred saloons flour- -ishing
ia the District.
These citations on the pert of th
opponents of the pending prohibition
bill do not frighten th supporter ef '
the bill, as they have ample proof that
these citations constitute s part of their
juggling in figures, and do aot repre
sent the real fact of the situation. T
meet such absurd ehsrges that prohi
bition increases lswleiinees, it might be
stated that war time prohibitioa has
decreased Crime ia Chicago fifty per
rent, aeeordiag to a statement made by
Chief of Detectives James L. Moosey,
of that city, but the frienda of prohi
bition feel that it is aot necessary to .
deal in crime statistics at this stag f
th fight, as sll this has been threshed
out in every prohibition campaign ia
every State in the Union. Tha verdict
of th people on thia question has ben
to suataim the proposition that prohlbl
tion , lessens crime.
W New. Argatat .Mad, ,''."'
Congressman Ewiug I Davis, f Ten-,
nessee, who la an ardent supporter sf
the pending bill, (aid today that ther
had aot been a single argument mad
ia Congress sgalnst th prohibitioa en
forcement bill that had not been msde
ia every State when prohibition now
prevails. He said that a had aot
heard a singls new srgumtnt advanced.
He said thst ths bill waa aa Important
one, essentinl for the enforcement of '.
the prohibition laws, and predicted that
it would pass without amendment Con
gressman Davia took aa active part ia
the prohibitioa light Jn hi Stat and
was aa importaat factor ia the enforce
ment of those laws. He wss tha Srst 1
judgs ia Tennessee to hold that th
poises ion of federal liquor Ucsns -wss
prima facie evidence ef guilt aid
hi decision wss upheld by tha Bupreme
toun oi tnst mate.
Congressman Brinson, of North Caro
lina, aaid today that he would avail
himself the first opportunity to auk
a speech in support of ths pending pro
hibition bill. n said that he wag
heartily in favor of tha passag sf th
measure without amendment, and that
be wan .going to spesk for it aad tot
for it.
Authority ef Congress Char. "
Authority of Congress to fx ns-
I nan ui pua par ceni aa naiinws nrco-
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hfilln nBffiit aS hmiMfM Im mnAMil1 i
Si.... ..f..mnit 1 4.1. i.. I. -1.
mittee ia answering recent statement
of Samuel Untermyor, counsel for ths
brewer.
"T allow th sale of 3 1-4 per cent
beer," said Mr. Wheeler, "woald keep
alive the liquor trade and defeat tha '
purposes of national prohibitioa.
friend of prohibition do not want a
code -unless it defines intexieatiag?
liquor." - -
Thirty-three prohibition state had
thirteen local option states, Mr. Wheeler
said, have laws limiting; alcohol la bev
erages. He challenged Mr. Unterxtysr
to produce any court derisions denying
Congress or State legislatures th right
to make definitions.
'Congress csnnot consistently adopt ."
a weaker standard ia defining the law "
than that already enacted la th State,"
said Mr. Wheeler. "Thia meane Bath
ing can be sold for beverage purposes
that contains more than one-half t
one per cent alcohol." . 1 -
Wilson Waata U 8ee Ledge... '
It developed today that President
Wilson desires to confer with aot only
i he Democratic but Republican tena- v
tors as well, and that his trip through- !
nut the West would probably be de
layed on this account. It U ander
stood that the President wishes to se
a considerable number of Republicans,
including many who are aot members
of the Foreign Relation Committee,
and that it ia hii purpose to discuss
with them the pesee tresty aad tha'
League of Nations. Tha afternooa pa
pers announce that the President 1
espeeiully desirous of conferring with
Senator Lodge, ehairman of the For
sign Belations Committee.
Th opponents of th tresty do not
know whether it will be to their advan
tage or disadvantage for these Bepubli
cana to confer freely with the PresU
dent about the disputed points ia th
treat v. Whils they.ar deeply Inter.
Usted U th announcement that th
TprwidTnTTurartemtaedi
his Western trip for these conferences,
they fear they may lose mm f their
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